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Handball Australia's Acting President Helen Boyd (second from left) travelled to Turkey to represent Australia at the 2017 IHF Congress on November 11. The Congress is held every two years and also provides opportunity for continental federations to meet face to face and plan ahead. The Oceania Continental Handball Federation (OCHF) held both an informal of a formal meeting over the course of the congress weekend.

Queensland played Victoria in a replay of the 2016 Women's final with the outcome this time Queensland dominant at 20:9 (13:2). Victoria represented in both finals, with their Men again in a close game against NSW. After a tough match NSW claimed victory to regain a title they'd not held for six years with 24:20 (13:9). Victoria finished the event with silver in both categories.

The Australian boys have claimed the Oceania title and gold medal and our girls are runners up, taking a silver medal at the event in Raratoga in the Cook Islands between May 3-5.

Our boys have taken the title of Oceania Championships in their final against New Zealand. They won both periods (halves) of the match 2:0, with the first half 16:2 and the second 24:4. They were undefeated across the three days.
The final this afternoon was their second match of the day, having played American Samoa earlier in the semi-final.

The Australian Men's Beach Handball squad spent part of its November national camp weekend in Sydney supporting F45 Training's social competition as part of the IMB Cook Community Classic held at Cronulla Beach on November 20. The Men also played an exhibition match as part of the event.
Teams from F45 Training in the local area participated with San Souci winning the event. Others were Kirrawee, Peakhurst, Blakehurst, Engadine and Carringbah.
Beach Handball featured along with an open water swim, surf lifesaving and community stands and local high school bands.

The 2016 Australian Open National Handball Championships will not quickly be forgotten, as both men’s and women’s titles were decided in exciting finals with the winner securing victory only in the dying minutes.

Victoria defended their hold on the women’s title by beating Queensland in a close match, with the low final score of 19:18 reflective of the outstanding goalkeeping and defence from both teams.

After three days of exciting competition in Sydney, the stage is set for the 2016 Handball Australia Nationals finals with South Australia meeting New South Wales to battle for the men’s title, and Victoria and Queensland playing for the women’s trophy.

Victoria are the only team able to defend their title after they were champions in 2015 alongside the men’s squad from their state, but back and line player Ana Medjed expects that doing so against Queensland will be a challenge:

Australia defeat New Zealand in a two-match series and earn a place at the 2017 Asian Women’s Handball Championship.

The Australia women’s team defeated New Zealand in a two-day qualification series played on October 5 and 6 in Sydney, New South Wales, thereby earning a place at the 2017 Asian Women’s Championship in Korea.

The qualification series represents the first step for teams from the Oceania continent on the road to IHF World Championships since the pathway was reassessed ahead of the 24th IHF Men’s Handball World Championship in Qatar in 2015.

The Australia Women’s team will play New Zealand in a two match series this week to determine the Oceania qualifier for the Asian Championships in March. The games will be held at the newly refurbished Blacktown Leisure Centre in Stanhope Gardens on Wednesday night at 6:30pm (with warm ups form 6:00pm) and again on Thursday at 12:30pm (warming up from noon).